Is LTL your first CDL job?

did any of yall drove this type of truck.

 

LTL = Less than Truckload.

That means if someone has a load of bread going to Bakery in Washington DC to make rolls for Congress, that goes into the nose of your trailer as stop number three. Less than a full truck load.

Stop number two... Wine Delivery: Congress. Address Capitol Building DC. as many pallets as will fit.

Stop number three. Pepto bismol in chemical 1000 gallon carboys in the back of the trailer. Address Press Building, White House west wing PA Ave DC.

There is your three stops LTL for DC. YOU do it all yourself, one stop at a time in DC area. Three different places. Some of you may discern a little bit of funny funny nyuks nyuks in my write about loads. It's any number of stops. Usually food service. It's really intense.

That saves the company from dispatching three tractor trailers, three drivers with big 53 foot trailers with tiny loads... going to each of the three places not far from each other. You run around the three stops and you are empty ready for your next load.

That's LTL.

Enjoy.

Oh one more thought.

Once in a while when you are finished all three stops on a load like this one you will find for yourself three packages left behind for you and your family. A little bit of bread rolls, some wine and a little stomach fluid in case you dont agree with that bread or wine.

That's a gift to you. Make sure your company OSD says it's ok to take that home and enjoy it.

 

Those type of trucks will give you popeye forearms .

 

What you're describing is not the same thing most of us deal with. I've had a refrigerated LTL job like you're talking about (like yours at FFE), but that's a whole different animal compared to what we do.

 

I started in a daycab flatbed too, except I was toting steel.

I kind of fell into trucking. Company was laying off workers due to recession but had a driver position open up. I figured it would be safer than on the shop floor since they had to ship product to make money, and they would be less likely to let me go after spending time and money to train me for the job. Worked, too. With everyone including the office potentially in line to get RIF'd, it was probably the safest job outside of management.

 

Me too on the flatbed hauling steel, but I was in a sleeper. Not a fun job. Every time I see a steel hauler on the road I'm grateful it's not me.

 

I started my first driving job in February, LTL for USF H, so glad i didnt go OTR, or even do linehaul. IMO no better way to learn how to drive truck then to do local P+D.